[snip] I am wondering how to be able to call a class variable from within an outside function using the "::" syntax: See an example of the logic I am using below: class myClass { var $variable = 1; function showVar() { return $this->variable; } } $obj = new myClass; function extFunction() { return myClass::showVar(); } I am assuming this isn't working because by calling myClass::showVar () instead of $obj->showVar() "$this" would be undefined...does anyone know how to workaround this (e.g. direct access to a variable via "::" syntax like myClass::variable). Does PHP5 address this at all? [/snip] http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.paamayim-nekudotayim.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php